English Dictionary

conga line

名詞

比喩的用法 カナダ英語 北部方言 アメリカ英語

A line of people dancing the conga. / (figuratively) A succession of similar events, especially a quick, unstoppable, and/or comical succession.

日本語の意味

コンガのリズムに合わせて、連なって踊る人々の列（行列） / （比喩的に）似たような出来事が次々と起こる現象、特に素早く止められない、またはコミカルな連続性を持つもの

At the beach party, we formed a conga line and danced until sunset.

ビーチのパーティーで、私たちはコンガの列を作り、日没まで踊り続けました。

意味（1）

A line of people dancing the conga.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A succession of similar events, especially a quick, unstoppable, and/or comical succession.

The politician's vainglorious boasting was quickly followed by a conga line of embarrassing defeats.

意味（3）

(Canada, northern US, figuratively) A moving formation of snowplows and/or similar equipment, arranged in a diagonal line across a multilane highway, airport runway, or other roadway, such that the snow from the first vehicle is passed to the second, and then from the second to third, and so on, thereby clearing much or all of the route's width in a single pass.

It was a pity, Mel Bakersfeld reflected, that runway snow teams were not on more public view. . . . Airport men called the group a Conga Line.

conga lines （ plural ）